michelle from you and aids. debra, who is carrying on the great work as our acting global aids coordinator. thank you all for joining us today. every year, this is a moment to reflect on how far we have come. those of you who lived through the aids epidemic know all too well the fear and the stigma and how hard people had to fight to be seen or heard. or to be treated with faith -- basic compassion. you remember how little we knew about how to prevent aids or how to treat it. what we did know was the devastation that it inflicted. striking down vibrant men and women in the prime of their lives. spreading from city to city and country to country seemingly overnight. today, that picture has transformed. thanks to the courage and love of so many of you in this room and around the world. awareness has soared. research has surged. prevention, treatment, and care are now saving millions of lives. in some of the poorest countries as well. for many, with testing and ask us to the right treatment, the disease that was on